John Linder (R-GA) announced  on February 27 that he will not seek re-election to Congress.  Following on the heels of similar announcements from Joseph Kennedy and Evan Bayh, this is an excellent trend.

I have disagreed with Linder on just about everything, and found him such a frustrating person to correspond with that at one point I finally put in a letter to him something I had been thinking about many politicians for years:  ”Are you really that stupid, or do you just think I am?”  He supported laws which trash our Constitutional liberties in the name of delusions of security.  When asked specific questions, he did not respond.

To those who are thinking of running for these seats in November,  I ask the following:

Are you an American first, or a [insert the name of your favorite church or political party]?

If you are not willing to tell the Republican or Democratic bishops that you are voting your beliefs and not theirs, then please do not run.  Better yet, run as an independent.

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